This may seem like a peculiar restaurant to have on this sight and indeed this post is not about the food, but the pricing. I happened to be at Durban airport recently and decided to take a seat at the Spur and do some work. Looking at the menu, I was surprised to see the pricing.
A fillet steak (270g) was no less than R104.95 excluding sauce, but including chips and onion rings. I found this astonishing in that many people think that they are unable to afford to go to the likes of Reubens, Ici (Le Quartier Francais), French Connection and many more upmarket restaurants because the meals are not affordable. The pricing at the Spur however proves this wrong as for R120 you can have a steak, with chips and sauce at Reubens, Ici and many others.
People often ask us where we go and tend to look starry eyed at some of the places mentioned, but in reality the pricing is not that far off from your common Spur. So the next time you sit eating that steak at Spur consider that you could also be at one of the top restaurants eating a better meal for the same pricing. The accompaniments such as the wine may be more expensive, but the basic food does not seem to be far off.
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- Eatsplorers
- We love our food, wine and travel and try and experience these as often as possible. We are fortunate enough to live in one of the most beautiful parts of the Cape and are lucky enough to be able to experience a great deal of what our wonderful country has to offer from a culinary perspective. We have found that what is wrtten in the magazines, newspapers and shown on TV does not always represent our exprience at the estalishments that we visit and accordingly we want to share our experiences, thoughts and candid views from our travels.
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